Orthodox bishops have a strange staff with two snakes around a cross. What does it mean? Is is not an evil symbol?
The episcopal staff has the cross of Christ with two snakes and this may seem disconcerting. There are actual two explanations for this symbolism. The staff reminds us to the brass serpent erected by [...]
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From the magazine “Saint Gregory” Annual publication of the Holy Commune of the
Holy Gregory Monastery at Holy Mountain Athos, Issue No 18.
With this title we publish the letter of Mrs. Catherine Lesier, by which she expresses her thanks for the contribution of our Holy Monastery for the [...]
Each story I’ve heard of how people have come into the Orthodox Church has been different. Sometimes there are some general similarities, but each one has specific issues, specific circumstances and specific problems that they deal with. While I recognize that my own circumstances are not, and in some cases should not be, how others [...]
It is customary to name the miraculous icons of the Virgin Mary according to the towns in which they originated.
The Vladimirskaya Icon is one of the most ancient miraculous icons of the Mother of God. In the middle of the 5th century the Icon was transported from Jerusalem to Constantinople, and in the middle of [...]
Fervent Defender of Christians
Bishop Alexander (Mileant)
Content: Honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Life of the Virgin Mary. Contemporary Appearances of the Mother of God. Some Miraculous Icons of the Blessed Mary. Prayers to the Virgin Mary.
Honoring the
Blessed Virgin Mary
“All creatures, the assembly of Angels and
the human race rejoice in You, O Blessed One.”
From the early [...]
The teaching about Virgin Mary.
The whole dogmatic teaching about our Lady can be condensed into these two names of hers: the Mother of God (Theotokos) and the Ever-Virgin (aiparthenos). Both names have the formal authority of the Church Universal, an ecumenical authority indeed. The Virgin Birth is plainly attested in the New Testament and has [...]
Like most folks who weren’t “born” Orthodox, I have a story of my trip getting here. It’s not a particularly entertaining story, like that of Fredricka Matthewes-Green’s vision in an Irish church. But it’s mine, and I’d like to share it with you in the hope that you see at least a few common elements [...]
The path of an Indian – a chief of the Mohawk tribe – led him to the bosom of the Orthodox Church.
A modern-day story of orthodox “lunacy” in the Indian reservations of Canada.
Saturday night. Very few lights were on. In the Russian Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Vespers have just started. The shadowy [...]
Baptized Roman Catholic, later becoming an Episcopal priest and missionary, and three years ago having been received with his family into the Holy Orthodox Church, he is a zealous Orthodox missionary and evangelist currently preparing for ordination to priesthood at Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
Maximus has been involved in various church ministries including Foundation [...]